This month’s photography hotshots group will meet at the Foothills Activity Center on Wednesday, January 22nd at 12:00 pm. Front Range Forum members only.
The Foothills Activity Center is the venue for our next movie playing on Wednesday, February 12th. Doors open at 1:00 pm, film begins at 1:30 pm. Following the movie, a facilitator-led discussion will allow viewers to participate in a dialogue on the film.
LIKE SUNDAY, LIKE RAIN (2014), Frank Whaley
This drama follows Reggie (Julian Shatkin), a 12-year-old musical prodigy living in a wealthy but emotionally distant household, and Eleanor (Leighton Meester), a struggling musician who becomes his nanny. Their unexpected friendship provides both with new perspectives on life and their personal challenges. Film Length: 1:44.
Every month, we’ll meet at the Foothills Activity Center from noon to 1:00 pm on the second Thursday of each month for an hour of just enjoying each other’s company. We hope that this will give members a chance to get to know their fellow classmates.
Bring your own lunch and we’ll just sit and chat.
This month's mystery book club meeting will meet at the Foothills Activity Center beginning at 12:45 pm, Wednesday, February 19th. Front Range Forum members only.
The Foothills Activity Center is the venue for our filmed opera production playing on Wednesday, February 19th. Doors open at 1:30 pm, the opera starts at 2:00 pm.
Madama Butterfly
The pathos of this heart-rending Puccini opera about a sweet-natured Japanese girl and the American naval officer who marries her then deserts her has seldom been conveyed. with such emotional directness. A film by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, stars Mirella Freni as Butterfly and Placido Domingo as Pinkerton, uses an array of cinematic effects to evoke their irreconcilably separate lives and worlds.
This month’s photography hotshots group will meet at the Foothills Activity Center on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 pm. Front Range Forum members only.
The Foothills Activity Center is the venue for our next movie playing on Wednesday, March 12th. Doors open at 1:00 pm, the movie starts at 1:30 pm. Following the movie, a facilitator-led discussion will allow viewers to participate in a dialogue on the film.
THE KING’S SPEECH (2010), Tom Hooper
This historical drama depicts the story of King George VI (Colin Firth) of the United Kingdom, who, with the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), overcomes his severe stammer. The film highlights their unlikely friendship and the king's struggle to deliver a crucial radio broadcast at the dawn of World War II. Film Length: 1:58.
The Foothills Activity Center is the venue for our second filmed opera production playing on Wednesday, March 19th. Doors open at 1:30 pm, the opera starts at 2:00 pm. A facilitator will provide a brief introduction to the opera before the film begins.
Luisa Miller
This wonderful melodrama involves a poor but virtuous maiden and a wicked count. The marvelous Verdi music takes us through passionate scenes of love, blackmail, betrayal and murder. The cast is superb, headed by Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Bescala and Placido Domingo.
The Foothills Activity Center is the venue for our filmed opera production playing on Wednesday, January 15th. Doors open at 1:30 pm, the opera starts at 2:00 pm. Following the film, a facilitator-led discussion will allow viewers to participate in a dialogue on the film.
Romeo et Juliette
The opera, composed in French by Charles Gounod, is based on the Shakespeare play about two youths from feuding families who fall in love and are destined for a tragic end. We will watch the 2024 production from the New York Metropolitan Opera that features an exceptional cast of tenor Benjamin Bernheim as Romeo and soprano Nadine Sierra as Juliette. They sing several duets that are most notable.
This month's mystery book club meeting will meet at the Foothills Activity Center beginning at 12:45 pm, Wednesday, January 15th. Front Range Forum members only.
Every month, we’ll meet at the Foothills Activity Center from noon to 1:00 pm on the second Thursday of each month for an hour of just enjoying each other’s company. We hope that this will give members a chance to get to know their fellow classmates.
Bring your own lunch and we’ll just sit and chat.
The Foothills Activity Center is the venue for our next movie playing on Wednesday, January 8th. Doors open at 1:00 pm, the movie starts at 1:30 pm. Following the movie, a facilitator-led discussion will allow viewers to participate in a dialogue on the film.
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (2019), Marielle Heller
This drama is based on the true story of the friendship between journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys) and Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks), the beloved host of the children's TV show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Through his interviews with Rogers, Vogel finds his outlook on life transformed by Rogers' kindness and wisdom. Film Length: 1:48.
Bring your brown bag lunch and join us for Lunch & Learn. The program starts at 11:45 am at the Foothills Activity Center and will end at 12:45 pm.. We hope that you’ll stay, eat your lunch, drink a cup of coffee and connect with other Front Range Forum members. Lunch and Learn is held on the 1st Wednesday of each month. You must be a member of Front Range Forum to atten
Looking Into the Past – The Story of the Great Western Sugar Company in Northern Colorado
Join us to learn how one industry and one company played a major role in the history of Fort Collins and Northern Colorado. The Great Western Sugar Company became the dominant sugar producer in Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska. The company acquired Fort Collins’s first sugar beet processing plant in 1905 to take advantage of the supply of water in the area and the city’s irrigation system. The Great Western Sugar Company sugar beet processing plant became a major contributor to the economic growth of Fort Collins.
The Twinberry Theater at the Fort Collins Senior Center is the venue for our next movie playing on Wednesday, December 11th. Doors open at 1:00 pm, the movie starts at 1:30 pm. There will be free popcorn available. Following the movie, a facilitator-led discussion will allow viewers to participate in a dialogue on the film.
PRIDE (2014) Directed by Matthew Warchu
Set in the United Kingdom during the 1984 miners' strike, this comedy-drama depicts the unlikely alliance between a group of gay and lesbian activists and the striking miners. The activists, recognizing a shared struggle against oppression, raise money to support the miners' families, leading to a heartwarming and powerful partnership. The film’s stellar cast includes Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, and Andrew Scott. Film length 2:00.
You can register at the Thursday, December 5th Meet the Facilitators meeting in the Prairie Sage Room. We always encourage you to attend this event. This is your opportunity to visit with the facilitators about their course offerings and to register for the class/classes of your choice. Registration will close at 5:00 pm on Friday, December 13th. If your membership has expired, please pay $49 for the Winter Term’s (January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025) Front Range Forum dues at the front desk of the Senior Center, by telephone, or by Webtrac.
Focus instead on positive, best case thinking of case studies in sustainable peace building.
Bill Timpson served as a Fulbright Specialist in peace and reconciliation at the University of Ulster, Ireland, at the University of Ngozi in Burundi, East Africa and at the Rotary Peace Center at the University of Queensland, Australia. Come hear of some successful efforts in building peace in our fractured world.
The talk will be on Tuesday, November 19th from 1:30 until 3:30 at the Fort Collins Senior Center in the Twinberry Auditorium.
Bring your brown bag lunch and join us for Lunch & Learn. The program starts at 11:45 am in the Twinberry Auditorium and should end at 12:45 pm. We hope that you’ll come, eat your lunch, drink a cup of coffee and connect with other Front Range Forum members. Lunch and Learn is held on the 1st Wednesday of each month.
Come to the Grocery Store with Us!
A given: we all have to eat! For 8 weeks this spring we explored the world of grocery stores, including the dark side of the American supermarket and beyond. We learned a lot, we had a lot of fun, and we hope that we became more knowledgeable consumers. The grocery store is a culturally rich environment, but what does it take to get food to the shelves and into our carts? Many complex questions arise, and we benefit directly from thinking about them. Kay Gillespie and others will share some of what they learned, and we hope that you leave with some good tips!
Bring your brown bag lunch and join us for Lunch & Learn. The program starts at 11:45 am in Twinberry Auditorium and will end at 12:45 pm. We hope that you’ll stay, eat your lunch, drink a cup of coffee and connect with other Front Range Forum members. Lunch and Learn is held on the 1st Wednesday of each month. You must be a member of Front Range Forum to attend.
Fort Collins Local History Archive – Celebrating 50 Years of Discovery!
The Local History Archive at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery was born in 1974 with an oral history project dedicated to recording the memories and lived experiences of over 70 longtime Fort Collins community members. We’ll explore highlights from these remarkable interviews with audio clips and photos, and round out the presentation with a trip down memory lane showing Fort Collins in the groovy 1970s. Can you dig it? Presented by Lesley Struc, Curator of the Local History Archive at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery.
The Twinberry Theater at the Fort Collins Senior Center is the venue for our next movie playing on Wednesday, August 14th. Doors open at 1:00 pm, the movie starts at 1:30 pm. There will be free popcorn available. Following the movie, a facilitator-led discussion will allow viewers to participate in a dialogue on the film
Jersey Boys (2014) Directed by Clint Eastwood
Jersey Boys is a musical biography based on the Tony Award-winning musical of the same name. The film portrays the rise and fall of the iconic 1960s rock band, The Four Seasons, and their lead singer Frankie Valli. John Lloyd Young reprises his Tony-winning role as Valli, alongside Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito, Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, and Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi. The narrative unfolds through each band member's perspective, detailing their triumphs, struggles, and the challenges of the music industry. The film captures the essence of The Four Seasons' hits and explores the personal dynamics that shaped their journey. Film length: 2:14.
Colorado Shoe School
Meeting Spot - 2829 N County Rd 23, Bellvue
Description - We’ll visit a cozy school nestled in nearby Bellvue which offers a range of shoe-making workshops from 1 day sneakers & sandals to 5 day custom boots – as designed by you! Maybe you’ll be so inspired that you’ll decide to enroll! There is a $10 per person charge for the tour. We’ll see various shoe making techniques & make key rings to take home, if we wish. Refreshments provided. If desired, we can meet at the Senior Center at 9:30 am to carpool. For further information, contact tbarrettt2@gmail.com.
Activity Code: 307411-01 Minimum of 5, maximum of 15
The Annual Meeting is on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 1:30 pm in the Twinberry auditorium.
Come meet the board and hear about upcoming events. Touch base with Forum members. Have ice cream following the formal meeting. See you there!
THE GREAT STUPA OF DHARMAKAYA
Meeting Spot - Fort Collins Senior Center, Fort Collins, CO
Description - See the work of the Larimer Conservation District, which works with private landowners to reduce fire damage by clearing trees & ground cover. We will meet at the Senior Center at 9:30 am on Monday, June 3 to carpool for the one hour drive to the Drala Mountain Center at Red Feather Lakes. Members of the District staff will take us on a tour of the area, showing the work that was done before the fires of 2020 which saved the camp & the Great Stupa. We will then have the opportunity to visit the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya after our tour. Terrain will be rugged & uneven. Please wear sturdy shoes and bring water, hat, jacket, sunscreen & a snack for our up to four hour event (includes driving time).
Please be sure to register first with the Senior Center – Activity 307411- 02 or enroll online.
For further information, contact Ann Kem at annkem@gmail.com.
Activity Code 307411-02 Minimum of 5, maximum of 20 participants
SVI Trucks, 3842 Redman Dr, Fort Collins, CO
Description - What if we told you that there’s a company right here in FoCo that makes fire trucks & emergency vehicles which are sold nationwide for over $1 million each. Would you believe us? Well it’s true! SVI Trucks must be FoCo’s best kept secret & they are opening their doors for us to tour their facility! Don’t miss this unique opportunity! Minimum of 5, maximum of 15 participants. Contact tbarrettt2@gmail.com for more information. Please register with the Front Desk of the Fort Collins Senior Center (970) 221-6644.
Activity Code: 207411-06 Minimum 5 — Maximum of 15
Every month, we’ll meet in Foxtail 2 from noon to 1:00 pm on the second Thursday of each month for an hour of just enjoying each other’s company. We hope that this will give members a chance to get to know their fellow classmates.
Bring your own lunch and we’ll just sit and chat.
Bring your brown bag lunch and join us for Lunch & Learn. The program starts at 11:45 am in the Twinberry Auditorium and will end at 12:45 pm. We hope that you’ll eat your lunch, drink a cup of coffee and connect with other Front Range Forum members. Lunch and Learn is held on the 1st Wednesday of each month. You must be a member of Front Range Forum to attend.
Xeriscaping in Fort Collins
Come find out about the rules and regula@ons, and incen@ve programs surrounding xeriscaping in Fort Collins.
Let’s help conserve water.
Where: Penrose Tap House and Eatery, 216 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO
Come celebrate as Front Range Forum turns 30! Join us for snacks and drinks on the patio (and inside), to chat and cheer on another 30 years of learning and exploration. We’ll even provide some of the snacks! Drinks and appetizers are on your own, but at Happy Hour prices; you may even want to stay for dinner in Old Town as the evening progresses.
Please RSVP by May 26, 2023 to judeastman@aol.com, and let us know how many plan to attend.
The Twinberry Theater at the Fort Collins Senior Center is the venue for our next movie playing on Wednesday, April 12th. Doors open at 1:00 pm, the movie starts at 1:30 pm. There will be free popcorn available. Following the movie, a facilitator-led discussion will allow viewers to participate in a dialogue on the film.
Some Like It Hot, 1959 Directed by Billy Wilder
This classic comedy begins with a mob murder, one witnessed by a couple of guys in a band, Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon). The boys need concealment to make their getaway and what better way than to disguise themselves as women and then join an all-female jazz band whose lead singer is the voluptuous Sugar (Marilyn Monroe). Mistaken identities abound and mayhem ensues. This Billy Wilder film was named “the greatest comedy of all times” in a recent BBC poll. Film length: 2:12
Bring your brown bag lunch and join us for Lunch & Learn. The program starts at 11:45 am in Twinberry Auditorium and will end at 12:45 pm.. We hope that you’ll stay, eat your lunch, drink a cup of coffee and connect with other Front Range Forum members. Lunch and Learn is held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. You must be a member of Front Range Forum to attend.
The Life and Times of the Malaby Store, Meg Dunn
The Malaby Store is one of Fort Collins oldest buildings, but its history has been somewhat hazy, even to the family that’s owned the building for over 100 years. Learn about this 142-year-old false-front former photography gallery in this talk by Meg Dunn who will cover not only what it was like to live in downtown Fort Collins in the 1880s, but also how the building was moved and the lives that were lived in and around it for decades. Through the life of one building we’ll cover a wide swath of local history including the rail road, our early African-American community, neighborhood life, a tragic murder-suicide and more. Meg Dunn is a premier local historian and the chair of the Fort Collins Historic Preservation Commission.
After a long Covid hiatus, we are ready to restart the Great Questions program. Great Questions is a friendly gathering of FRF members to discuss a different question each month, questions like:
What makes a good friend?
Should affirmative action be prohibited at colleges and universities?
How do we know right from wrong?
Or, how did covid change you?
We are going to limit the program to 24 people, so that everyone has a chance to participate. As people drop out, we will replace them from a waiting list. At the end of each meeting, we will decide as a group on a discussion question for the following month. January’s question will be: Is it ever okay to lie? Class will meet in our normal classroom, Foxtail 2.
To sign up for Great Questions, call or visit the Senior Center Front Desk and enroll in FRF Great Questions, #107412-01. You can also enroll online. You must be a paid FRF member to take part. Enrollment is first-come-first-served. If the program is filled, ask to be put on the waiting list.
Enrollment opens at 7:00am, Thursday, December 8, 2022.
The Chapungu Sculpture Park Art Walk, Wednesday, October 12, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. (#407411-04)
Description: Northern Colorado is lucky to have a 26-acre sculpture park, featuring over 80 stone sculptures carved by artists from Zimbabwe. Located adjacent to Shops at Centerra, the pieces are nestled among beautiful natural and landscaped gardens. Carl Wilmsen, who is a sculptor and one of FRF's most active facilitators of art courses, will lead the walk, giving us insights into Zimbabwe art and artists.
Directions: We will meet at the small parking lot at the north end of the Chapungu Sculpture Park. Parking is limited there but you can park in the main lot on the east side of Centerra, close to the Sculpture Park.
Registration is limited to 14 people and you must be a paid FRF member. You can register in person at the front desk, by phone at 970-221-6644, or online, using the Activity Code numbers shown below. Registration opens on August 11.
Activity Code: 407411-04
This year’s summer movie musical series features two Broadway legends, Stephen Sondheim and Harold (Hal) Prince. Revolutionaries both, their approaches to storytelling with setting and song changed the musical landscape forever. dance, history, social commentary, all in enjoyable technicolor!
West Side Story
The Fort Collins Senior Center is the venue for our next movie playing on Wednesday, July 13th. Doors open at 1:00 pm, the movie starts at 1:30 pm. Following the movie, a facilitator-led discussion will allow viewers to participate in a dialogue on the film.
Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1994 Directed by Mike Newell
British Charles (Hugh Grant) encounters free-spirited American Carrie (Andie MacDowell) at a wedding where he is a charming best man who makes a memorable toast. Other weddings and other encounters between these potential lovers follow. A large part of the fun in this romantic comedy results from Charles’ circle of friends and the secrets some of them hide. However, the abiding mystery centers on Charles and Carrie: will these two very different people find love? And, isn’t that always the question asked in romantic comedy?
Film length: 1:57
This year’s summer movie musical series features two Broadway legends, Stephen Sondheim and Harold (Hal) Prince. Revolutionaries both, their approaches to storytelling with setting and song changed the musical landscape forever. dance, history, social commentary, all in enjoyable technicolor!
Cabaret
This year’s summer movie musical series features two Broadway legends, Stephen Sondheim and Harold (Hal) Prince. Revolutionaries both, their approaches to storytelling with setting and song changed the musical landscape forever. dance, history, social commentary, all in enjoyable technicolor!
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Thursday, June 23 - Senior Center Twinberry Auditorium, 1:30 —4:30 PM
This year’s summer movie musical series features two Broadway legends, Stephen Sondheim and Harold (Hal) Prince. Revolutionaries both, their approaches to storytelling with setting and song changed the musical landscape forever. dance, history, social commentary, all in enjoyable technicolor!
Fiddler on the Roof
This group will meet weekly online using the Zoom video conference app. The purpose of the group is to practice silent meditation together, share meditation experiences, and respond to each other’s questions related to mindfulness and meditation. To join contact Bryan Fain at bcfain@gmail.com or 970 214-5015.
The group is limited to the first ten who respond.
This group will meet weekly online using the Zoom video conference app. German Expressionist art began as a revolt against the rigid rules and power of the German Academy of Fine Art who favored a naturalistic style and dark chiaroscuro. In rebellion, artists such as Franz Marc, Wassily Kandinsky, Ernst Kirchner and others in the early 20th century formed artist groups. We will examine several of these artists, their group, their art and the influences that inspired their art. To join this group contact Carl Wilmsen at carl_wilmsen@comcast.net or (970) 226-6064.
The group is limited to the first ten who respond.
